---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Environmental Protection To Examine Setback Requirements For Outdoor Wood Boilers"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Environmental Protection To Examine Setback Requirements For Outdoor Wood Boilers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 400"
citation: "Maine LD 400 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIR QUALITY", "OPEN BURNING", "OUTDOOR WOOD BOILERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russell BLACK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/410b0d45-0ec6-4da1-98ee-21fc924c99b7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085674"
source_hash: "3865d00ce6cd2a49f2c5048f40600f142829a8fc02477d1aeecbd3362488a6dc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 400 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Environmental Protection To Examine Setback Requirements For Outdoor Wood Boilers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0181&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0181&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0181&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Russell BLACK — primary (person)
- Caldwell JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
- Dean CRAY — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Randall HALL — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-02** Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-02** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-04-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-04-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-46) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-04-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-46) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-02** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-02** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-02** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-46). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-03** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-04** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/410b0d45-0ec6-4da1-98ee-21fc924c99b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).